HBO describes the documentary as the following:
In 1998, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns learned that their two-year-old son, Sam, had progeria, a progressive aging disorder so rare that fewer than 250 children in the world had it at the time. Little was known about the disease, and all children with progeria died of heart attack or stroke at an average age of 13. Told there was no treatment or cure, they refused to accept that as the final verdict.
Directed and produced by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (the Oscar®-winning “Inocente”), LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM chronicles one courageous family’s relentless pursuit of a treatment and a cure, even as his parents empower their son to enjoy his life to the fullest. LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM debuts MONDAY, OCT. 21 (9:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
